Could Germany have won WWII?

[Papewaio]

Well, even on the premise that children are born 50/50, there has been at least three generations since the Great War. Any deficit would have recovered in the younger generations by now, so going to a club with a bunch of young adults will not the be the result of the Great War, unless these 20 girls on the dance floor are Old Age Pensioners.

1) Any deficit would have recovered in the first generation.
2) More boys are born then girls
3) Boys engage in more dangerous activities and are more like to use more violent (effective) suicide methods. So the ratio over time skews to girls.
4) Socially in a lot of countries men don't dance.
5) Or Myth's preferred date is in her nineties.

[Myth]

She is 30 currently Don't know about that though. Perhaps it's just more propaganda? A lot of it finds place in modern Russian textbooks. The other girl, whom I met while riding on a bus, took her time to explain to me about this issue. Also she explained that the Russians were the only ones who stopped the Mongol invasion of Europe so...

[ReluctantSamurai]

They attest this to the heavy losses from WWII, not sure how accurate this is

There is some validity to this. Of course, absolutely accurate numbers will never be known, but the Soviet Union lost about 20% of its population and 25% of its resources during WWII.

Mark Harrison states in Accounting for War that "supply-side shocks to Soviet population, fixed capital, and GNP were never made up post-war in terms of trajectory" (as of 1996 when the book was published).

He goes on further to say that "...the USSR began 1946 with an overall demographic deficit of 35 million...combining war deaths, emigrations, and wartime birth deficits."

As a comparison, combined Anglo-American civil + military losses were roughly 1 in 250; Soviet losses were 2 in 9 for military personnel, and 1 in 10 for civilians. And the Soviet Union was the only one of the victorious Allies to suffer significant post-war economic stagnation. All other nations (and in particular the US) experienced economic booms and high population growth.

Or Myth's preferred date is in her nineties

Let's hope not

[Papewaio]

There is some validity to this. Of course, absolutely accurate numbers will never be known, but the Soviet Union lost about 20% of its population and 25% of its resources during WWII.

Mark Harrison states in Accounting for War that "supply-side shocks to Soviet population, fixed capital, and GNP were never made up post-war in terms of trajectory" (as of 1996 when the book was published).

He goes on further to say that "...the USSR began 1946 with an overall demographic deficit of 35 million...combining war deaths, emigrations, and wartime birth deficits."

As a comparison, combined Anglo-American civil + military losses were roughly 1 in 250; Soviet losses were 2 in 9 for military personnel, and 1 in 10 for civilians. And the Soviet Union was the only one of the victorious Allies to suffer significant post-war economic stagnation. All other nations (and in particular the US) experienced economic booms and high population growth.



Let's hope not

It explains the generation that fought in WWII having skewed ratios of men to women. It does not in any ways go remotely close to being a reason for skewed demographics from the baby boomer generation onwards.

Any skewed demographics real or perceived post WWII would have to be because of lifestyle choices. Male to female birth rates should be the same. There might be a ratio change due to poor nutrition and maybe males die off quicker.

But all one needs to do is look at a western dance floor to see a ratio skewed towards females. It isn't an accurate way to poll populations.

[Sp4]

Women just go out more... We're sitting here playing video games ^^

[Myth]

Exactly. Women go out for fun. Men go out for women.

Men go out for fun too. But fun for us is women, booze and food. So if we can't get a girl, we drink and then we get the munchies at 4 AM.

[Empire*Of*Media]

This Thread is About WWII or Modern Women's life ?!!!!!